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Vegas in your Pocket: Real money casino games now available on iPhone

Probability, a Calgary based mobile gaming company has released the first iPhone app allowing players to gamble with real money on their iPhone and iPhone Touch. Players who download the LadyLucks.co.uk casino app can now play blackjack, roulette or slots for real money with the help of an app on their iPhone or iPod touch. Although not an ‘official’ app, it works by directing mobile users to download the software onto their handsets so they can then play through their browser. They then have the option to add the page to the home screen of their iPhone, much like a regular app. The reason it is not a fully fledged app is that gambling games are currently unavailable through the official Apple App Store. Probability are instead choosing to market their app through AdMob - one of the biggest mobile advertising networks. This is an interesting move that could pave the way for other competitors in the gambling sector to market their apps without having to wait for approval from Apple. So, what does the introduction of a casino app for mobile devices tell us about the increase in mobile internet usage and the future of the gambling industry? Technology The new iPhone 4 brought retina display and multitasking technology to its handset, making the device an increasingly suitable platform for casino gameplay.

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Financial Times sees readership and revenues grow under tiered payment scheme

With the newspaper industry still currently struggling with new technologies offering readers an increased diversity of information sources - and, most importantly, free access - the Financial Times has reported some positive news for the old guard of print publications. Online readership for FT Group - a collection of publications, of which Financial Times is the flagship - jumped 27 per cent on 2009 figures to 149,000, and user registration on FT.com has spiked by 77 per cent to 2.5 million registered users. The Financial Times online operates a limited-use free access site, where registering allows users to access around 10 articles per month and some of the site’s features. Further features and unlimited news access can be purchased at two tiers through the portal . The company also reported a tally of 250,000 downloads for its iPad reader app, which indicates that more users are reading on new tech devices such as the Apple tablet.

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Times websites now charging for news access

Rupert Murdoch’s plans to charge for online news content come to fruition today, as readers of the Times and Sunday Times will now be charged to access content from their respective websites. News International, the UK subsidiary of Murdoch’s News Corporation, announced its plans to charge users for access earlier this year, in response to falling readership and advertising revenue. As online advertising continues to overtake the print industry , it remains to be seen whether users will pay for content from favoured publishers, or opt for free alternatives, such as those aggregated by Google News. The Times is charging readers

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Google CEO announces that economy is recovering

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has announced that the worst of the advertising recession has now passed, and has confirmed that the company is hiring more staff and increasing investment as the economy begins to recover. Speaking at a press conference in New York, Mr Schmidt stated that “the worst is behind us,” and expressed his surprise that the European market in particular is recovering faster than anticipated.

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TV exec wants BBC iPlayer to charge viewers

Many web users will be unhappy to hear the news that Lorraine Heggessey, the chief executive of Talkback Thames, has stated she thinks that users of the free BBC iPlayer service should be charged. She was speaking at a BBC event on Tuesday when her suggestion of “micro-payments” was made. The chief executive of parent company Fremantle, Tony Cohen, also expressed belief that the catch up TV service should grab the revenue opportunity.

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Google launches DoubleClick Ad Exchange

Google has announced its ad exchange to break into the graphical display ad field dominated by Yahoo! The New York Times compares Google’s DoubleClick Ad Exchange to a stock market, which aims to simplify the buying and selling of display ads, offering benefits to publishers and advertisers. Google’s vice president for product management, Neal Mohan explains: “The objective from the outset is to grow the display advertising pie for everybody.” Display advertising has long been cited as one of Google’s greatest prospects for expansion by chief executive Eric E.

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Yahoo! CEO sells shares despite flagging performance

As Yahoo! continues to struggle against competitors such as Google and Microsoft in the search engine market, the company’s CEO has earned $2 million (

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In a Bloomberg article published on Monday, Mark Zuckenberg - Facebook’s Chief Executive - announced that the company would expand its staff by up to fifty per cent this year.

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We’ve highlighted the launch of new search engine Wolfram Alpha over the last few months; up until now however it’s looked like an interesting but ultimately niche distraction from mainstream search. A model, perhaps, of what search might eventually become

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